Maleficia propositis distinguuntur - "Evil acts are distinguished from (evil) purposes" or "crimes are distinguished by evil intent." Evil acts are distinguished from evil purposes[4] crimes are distinguished by the intention[5]⏎
Nemo auditur propriam turpitudinem allegans - "No one can be heard, who invokes his own guilt." Nobody can bring a case that stems from their own illegal act.⏎
Leges humanae nascuntur, vivunt, moriuntur - "The laws of man are born, live, and die." Illustrates that laws are made, are in force for a period, and then become obsolete.⏎
Lex specialis derogat legi generali - "A law governing a specific subject matter overrides a law which only governs general matters."⏎
Nemo debet esse iudex in propria - "No one shall be a judge in his own case." In the past it was thought that it included just two rules namely (1) nemo debet esse judex in propria causa (no one shall be a judge in his own case).⏎